Dungeons and Dragons - Nostalgia Critic

[@tmage23]

Jeremy Irons knew exactly what kind of movie he was in and what sort of performance was required. Everyone else misses the mark.

[@ph89787]

I wonder what the conversation between Irons and the director was like.

[@libbywilliams9969]

I can answer that Director : Jeremy your an award winning actor so my movie will HAVE to be good if your in it Irons : only if I get to wear silly clothes with capes and over act as much as humanly possible Director: uuuuhhh that depends Irons: I wanna go ha ta ta ta Director : BUT YOUR A RESPECTED ACTOR Irons :ha...ta...ta...ta Director :fine it's not like this movie was gonna be good anyway Irons : :3

[@thesupremenecroticdakimakura]

+libby Williams Isn't that Nicholas Cage?

[@ph89787]

***** batman vs superman.

[@billlupin8345]

Jeremy Irons also played the big bad in the Assassin's creed movie. It was ok. You will be very confused if you're not a fan of the series.

[@TheSaberWolfDuchess]

Honestly, I prefer over-acting to underacting. At least with overacting its funny. Underacting is just… painful…

[@DainnGreywall]

+Emilia Rose Overacting can be painful as well.

[@ZackTheLightningNinja]

+Dain Greywall but most of the time it's funny.

[@pierre-ulyssegorzkowski2200]

+Dain Greywall Of COURSE!!!!

[@kyleshea384]

+Emilia Rose unless you're Tommy Wiseau

[@OneTrueNobody]

+Emilia Rose Overacting is even worse when you're trying to take something seriously, though.

[@m.jakm.4791]

The director just rolled 1 while making the movie.

[@biraptor6205]

5 times in a battle against a kobold.

[@fiercestpond4722]

With no weapons or armor.

[@ahappyjackolantern]

Critical miss!

[@WalkmanSilver]

I don't know about you but I think Irons rolled a natural 20 on his over-the-top acting.

[@psv2]

M. jak M. I see what you did there.

[@jaythosonmp439]

"just like you thieves, always taking things that don't belong to you" yes...thats what....theif means

[@33dbz]

U murderers, always killing people

[@wojciechficek616]

@@33dbz You actors, always pretending to be someone you're not

[@bloodcottoncandy]

You chefs, always cooking something up

[@crazydude21000]

You people always being correct but doesnt mean there right

[@98953812]

@@wojciechficek616 Hey, that's a line that would be perfect in Galaxy Quest. :D

[@indisummers4385]

Jeremy Irons doing this movie to remodel his castle was the greatest gift of his acting career.

[@jalenikezeue4114]

Let their Blood Rain from The Skyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

[@galogiha]

jeremy irons enjoyed this so much he went on eragon for a reprise.

[@timoylumontad3920]

@@godzillavkk Same here.

[@ngabanski6079]

This comment just made my week! XD

[@melissalayson7275]

@@timoylumontad3920 As terrible as that movie was, he was good as Brom.

[@treyowen9213]

Well damn, now I have a reason to rewatch it.

[@VoidstriderLucatiel]

The bad acting, and reference to other works, like the Indiana Jones traps? Reminds me of how an actual Dungeons and Dragons campaign might go. Where a DM borrows, heavily, from other works, to make a cohesive, and interesting fantasy. Bad movie? Maybe. True to Dungeons and Dragons feeling? Absolutely.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

To be fair many of the Indiana jones traps have been staples of D&D and fantasy lore for ages...

[@rocksolid1954]

@@mckenzie.latham91 you need a new dm

[@kommo1]

Come on Critic. This movie was a master piece. It had everything a good party for DnD should have. The normal RPG player, who wants to be the underdog hero. The nerdy RPG Player who is always going by the numbers and plays mage. The new guy, whose getting on everybodys nerves. The guy, who only joined the party to drink for free at a friends house. The smirky and mysterious dude, who always tries to insert his own ideas and disrupts the DM. The bored girlfriend who got dragged along and has to fill in for a missing player. The guy who tries to act cool but ends up being strange and dry. And finally the guy who has to overplay the crazy villain. Everthing is here. From the half-assed story, over the clicheed players, to the "players are to bad, insert confiniend plot device too drag out an obviously lost game" DM actions. Its brilliant. ^^

[@simone6090]

It's kind of the perfect D&D movie because it so perfectly shows off how the average campaign goes. Right down to stealing a stuffed cat because you can.

[@David_Apollonius]

I agree, this movie is a flawless representation of a D&D campaign.

[@benitofranco372]

kommo1 “The girlfriend who got dragged along.” XD

[@Mugthraka]

Don't forget the "Guy who tries to hit and seduce the female elf of the party, but fails miserably" And the famous" botched final fight of the campaign, that is worse then the regular fights, cause the DM and the players wern't really into it and where bored of this campaign by the end" trope...

[@ultraman6644]

kommo1 they even have the stupid thing the the DM always revives dead players because it ruins their story

[@Eerie0Innocence]

Oh Critic, he’s just wearing Coral Blue No. 2 Semi-Gloss Lipstick. “Actually..........it’s Coral...Blue...Number...”

[@mushroomhead3619]

Thwack!

[@yoshinari3679]

...Three...

[@crazycomicguy5063]

I was thinking the same thing too! God if the critic only knew about this spongebob joke, he would so put it in. It'd be perfect!

[@johnnyfountainS]

Men don't wear make up or lipstick.

[@Canada1994]

I trusted you, and you gave me this? I can't believe me own crew betray me like this. PS: I was thinking more that he had that lipstick for men that Joey advertised in that one episode of Friends.

[@barghestblue731]

My only real experience with D&D is over hearing a game where this was going on. "And as your spell rips open a hole in the fabric of space and time, and out comes glowing infinitely hot lava from the void between dimensions to smite the pack of cowering Dire-rats, the smartest rat in the bunch has these thoughts crossing it's mind: 1) squeek, and 2) This seems like it's a little overkill."

[@Grumplebumple]

Late reply, but that's a pretty accurate representation of the average D&D game

[@shaman9024]

😂😂

[@bonedoggle]

you're missing out

[@shawnn7502]

Might be single greatest comment ever posted on youtube. If life were fair, this would have 7 billion likes right now. Props. Also, that campaign sounds whack.

[@nofoxtugiv]

That's the mark of a pretty badass DM, ngl. Douglas Adams inspired storytelling happening there.

[@splatttt]

I feel like Jeremy Irons knew this was a terrible movie and just wanted to have fun sucking (he definitely looks like he's having fun xD). I think he out-Shatnered Shatner........

[@louisduarte8763]

Or he pulled a Raul Julia as Bison from Street Fighter.

[@XopheAdethri]

Have you *seen* a DM running a game, Jeremy Irons was amazing, and spot-on in this.

[@mikereger1186]

Jeremy was probably channeling his memories of the late, great Brian Cant and his days on PlayAway. Money for old rope.

[@ph89787]

The man had bought a castle at the time. He needed something to help pay it off.

[@victorm152]

Louis Duarte If there’s anything about good actors in bad movies, it’s not the ones who know they’re in a bad movie try to have as much fun as possible with it

[@adrawingguy9013]

I can tell Jeremy irons is having a blast doing his role XD

[@danielskrivan6921]

I see it a lot when people play the bad guy, especially in campy movies or shows. Any episode where one of the Power Rangers turned evil the actors looked like they were having so much fun.

[@cockroachcharlie5619]

Seriously. The (normally skilled) over-actors are what save this movie. They provide the only sense of entertainment. I tend to wonder how many took their roles just for the fun-factor alone.

[@MrPiccoloku]

Christopher Lee seemed to be having a LOT of fun playing Count Dooku. That role sure SEEMS fun, and maybe THAT'S why he agreed to play that role, especially three times, counting the Clone Wars movie.

[@sliat1981]

He should be ashamed of himself

[@SCARFACEPHOENIX]

Of course he is he's a Willem Dafoe of acting

[@jongon0848]

Jeremy Irons is hysterical in this but i will say Justin Whalin gives a lot of heart to his performance. Him screaming over Snail's death feels much more real than most "NO!" moments in other films.

[@corbinhaynes5754]

I like to imagine all of Jeremy Irons' lines coming out of Scar.

[@ph89787]

Look at the behind the scenes feature for the lion king. Jeremy Irons was actually dancing when singing “Be prepared.”

[@KrimzonFlygon1]

21:10 "No, you're wrong, *MAGE!"* Is it just me...or did Justin freaking *nail* that delivery? Jeez, the venom in his voice!

[@98953812]

It's those little gems in bad movies that one looks out for. :)

[@TED_Frames]

I think he was the one actor in the movie that was legitimately great.

[@voidjockey82]

@@98953812 It's the things that makes guilty pleasures, all of the good thinks you remember but all the bad/boring stuff inbetween.

[@Seikjin]

Underacting: Cringy, pointless to watch, hoping that they almost done with thier lines. (example: evry Kristen Steward roles) Overacting: Can be Cringy or sometimes funny to watch because they look like total buffoon (example: Nicolas Cage's bee scene in the Wicked man). In that case Jeremy irons's overeacting is way better to hear than Thora Birch's underacting. Point close

[@anikmonette2140]

I find her underracting quite amusing. Plus, she stumbles on her words, making me wonder if she ever rehearsed her dialogue... Sure, it's painful at times but still entertaining. Also, underracting can feel quite out of place and hers makes her character quite pathetic and uninspired. She's supposed to be a ruler with strong values and presence but she stumbles on her words, her inflexions are weird and all... Well, she's not Jeremy Irons entertaining but still. Resting my case!

[@donvitocorleone2098]

The only thing that's funny about this movie is Irons laugh.

[@TrueBlueProd]

The New All Quacking Choir now consists of: Darkheart: AEHHH! That Dwarf: DEHHHH! The "MAGE!": nOt! And Jaden Smith: dAd!

[@mityakiselev]

And some KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN for no reason

[@abdalln8554]

"You're forgetting the most important part of making a cluck quartet..." Equips headband of infinite gumballs "The Khan!"

[@kitb9504]

and NARF

[@daylightsace2680]

I think you mean DARKHEART!!!

[@KrimzonFlygon1]

And Bo Abobo’s mugshot: AHA! AHA! AHA!

[@Lucariogamer14]

I shed tears when Bambi's Mother died, when Mufasa died, when Gandalf died (Until the next Chapter of LotR), when Albus Dumbledore died as well as some of my favorite Harry Potter characters who died, when "You know who" died in the Force Awakens, and I could go on but I would be spoiling. But this: 18:37 I never laughed so hard at a Main character's death.

[@arbiter11171]

Voldemort wasn't in the Force Awakens! :p

[@andenmil]

Well Snails just isn't as memorable or interesting as characters like Gandalf, Mufasa or Dumbledore. These characters are iconic. Snails is a peasant thief in a movie about a fucking board game. In conclusion, no one ever cared for Snails, neither did anyone remember him. Snails is in hell now and for some reason his friends joined him.

[@antonanderson1965]

Funny that you mention Mufasa's death, seeing as Jeremy Irons was Scar

[@Maesterful]

Me too, when I watched it in the cinema I coildn stop laughing

[@johnnyfountainS]

It's okay I don't like evil pieces of crap.

[@SeleenShadowpaw]

This is brilliant if you see it as an actual group of new players playing their first round of actual d&d. Just look at it, the cheesy dialogue, the cardboard cutout characters that seem like they belong into a different movie, the over the topness of it all...It captures the essence of unskilled, unexperienced players that got to make their first own characters being railroaded like thoma the tank engine on a generic out-of-the-book-adventure, complete with badly copied riddles and traps from movies the DM has recently seen. It's spot on, and absolute gold :D Also, in the end there, somebody clearly cast greater miracle and burned about 8.000 xp and diamonds worth about 100GP to resurrect snails. That's pretty obvious :D

[@davidpacini6463]

I'd spend even more gems and XP to cast a curse to PREVENT Snails resurrection...

[@Dinosaurianationazation]

That and the lack of Dnd lore accuracy.

[@jonathanwells223]

@@Dinosaurianationazation it’s homebrew obviously

[@GuillermoSTD]

You forgot to mention the biggest joke in the movie: They spent $45M to make it.

[@antonanderson1965]

He also didn't make a Lion King joke

[@98953812]

@@antonanderson1965 It would've been too easy. XD

[@timoylumontad3920]

@@98953812 Really?

[@98953812]

@@timoylumontad3920 Example; when he was on the tower summoning the dragons, it just screamed for Be Prepared (The king undisputed, respected, saluted! And seen for the wonder I am! Yes, my teeth and ambitions are bared, be prepared!!)

[@bellametallica]

Holy shit really? That is insane lol.

[@kerbewm5316]

They are not equally terrible. At least Jeremy Irons is enjoyable. That girl is just boring.

[@timoylumontad3920]

Who? The Empress or Marina?

[@Bartoc1988]

@@timoylumontad3920 both

[@timoylumontad3920]

@@Bartoc1988 Makes sense.

[@anikmonette2140]

I dunno... Her acting(or lack there of) is a tad enjoyable because it feels off and out of place. It's not legendary bad but still. Edit: oh boy, she stumble on every word she says. She's amazing!

[@trajhver3]

It sounds like she barely knows how to read..

[@Engel990]

"Ill have to kill you painfully", kills him in 1 snap xD

[@idnyftw]

he botched it :P

[@BerzerkerTank]

+Engel Blueman: "I'll make you suffer in death." DM: Okay, let's see... >Rolls 1 DM: Blueman forgets snapping someone's neck typically kills them instantly, and the librarian dies immediately.

[@Maerodir]

+Engel aaah, but it was a painful snap...

[@lulucool45]

+aggresiveturtle BLUEMAN

[@BerzerkerTank]

digitivortex Yes, Blueman. From your favorite Saturday-Morning Cartoon, Rainbow Brigade!

[@joewilenzik9119]

I once went "aratatatata" around my brother. He was terrified and asked if I was possessed.

[@mamabear1394]

What do you say

[@MabuseXX]

And? Are you?

[@timoylumontad3920]

LET THE POWER OF JEREMY IRONS FLOW THROUGH YOU! ARATATATATATATATATATATATA!

[@darkbozo11]

@Lil' Connor Peterson stop being a hypocrite

[@joewilenzik9119]

MabuseXX maybe

[@sowhatphie]

Jeremy Irons seems to be channeling his inner Christopher Lloyd

[@Thespeedrap]

Both those guys do look alike very scary.😱

[@yournamehere7329]

I WAS FROZEN TODAY!!!!!

[@1krani]

Jeremy Irons, Bruce Payne, and Richard O'Brien are the best parts of this movie.

[@sheepewe4505]

Incredible to think that this thing came out just a year before Fellowship of the Ring. Without the LoTR movies, screen fantasy would still be languishing in an ocean of cheese.

[@DeepEye1994]

I dunno, I think Conan the Barbarian, Excalibur, The Dark Crystal and Legend were solid. This is just late '90s schlock.

[@NoESanity]

are you saying there isn't a ton of cheese in the fantasy genre? remember this movie is a D&D title, which means either super serious fantasy or cheese as a taco bell menu. all the bad things this movie did, it does appeal to the majority of tabletop players, just like the gamers or knights of badassdom

[@TheGuardDuck]

@Mace Wait, Conan wasn't a barbarian?

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

24:48 😂

[@revolverpro136]

The fourth Doctor is literally the doctor

[@lizr8452]

That was nothing like a D+D game. That plot was far too logical, too well constructed, and there was neither unrepentant sex or pointless violent bloodletting. Or vampires... god I need a new DM.

[@tassadarc8069]

Luking 4 grup

[@johnnyfountainS]

Don't talk about sex in a dnd session.

[@bloodcottoncandy]

Or furries

[@gamer7916]

No murder hobos and min maxing? This isn’t dnd at all!!!

[@ryanc5572]

The feeblemind spell joke was pretty decent imo. I've studied the dungeons and dragons spellbook like crazy since I always play a mage, haha.

[@gamer7916]

There’s no mage in 5e though, only wizards, sorcerers and warlocks. Not sure if druids and clerics are “mage like”.

[@nuclearcatpotatoe3714]

​@@gamer7916 Actually though, in 2nd edition, 'Mage' was one of the classes of wizard spell casters, serving as a generalist archetype, if I remember correctly

[@StarryJewel]

I lost it at the "I'm Healing You" part.

[@thomasvestergaardkristians2887]

''Ichiban lipstick for men'' - Joey Tribbiani

[@danielshimoda9246]

Thomas Vestergaard Kristiansen how you dooooing?

[@JosephDutra]

By the way, you got something on your lips.

[@brendanforester4601]

@@JosephDutra *HOW COME NOBODY TOLD MEEEEEEEEE?!?!?!*

[@johnnyfountainS]

Men don't need makeup or lipstick.

[@mrsnatural2368]

My friends do legit just call that guy Ichiban

[@wierHL]

When a piece of entertainment fails in a spectacular way, it does not truly fail, for it fullfills its duty of entertaining us. To truly fail is to envelop oneself in mediocrity.

[@Philbert-s2c]

+wierHL Well to be fair this film is anything but mediocre. It's spectacular in a truly dreadful sort of way.

[@wierHL]

Yeah that's what I meant.

[@Philbert-s2c]

wierHL :)

[@luckystriker842]

Wise words if I ever heard them.

[@lordrorek1907]

That's always been my opinion. The biggest sin a movie can commit is being boring because the most basic function of a movie is to entertain..... If you can't even do that than what good are you movie?

[@meris8486]

It's pretty amazing to think that this film is one year apart from The Lord of The Rings. The gulf in quality is just astounding.

[@newunderground4453]

Well this movie's VFX were done by Station X and Blankety Blank, and lord of the rings was done by WetaFX, the best in the industry who did T2, both avatars, alita, almost all MCU movies and shows, and a good chunk of DCU movies. WetaFX is the best in the game pretty much, they make anything that's not them look like a school project

[@newunderground4453]

And the list is soooo much longer than what I listed, it's really impressive all the have accomplished and the way they've innovated alot and pushed the industry further and further with each project

[@SammEater]

Just imagine the director for this mess watching the dailies for LOTR and was like: "oh no... I made a terrible mistake."

[@overdrive7349]

This movie greatly represents how an actual D&D game would be.

[@dr.rodabthicc]

I want to see a DND campain with the plot of this movie, it would be beautiful..

[@overdrive7349]

@@dr.rodabthicc but that wouldn't be a D&D game if it had the exact plot. If it was a campaign setting with several story directions and it had important NPCs like Profyon or The Empress, and the story would be affected by the players, then that would be a game.

[@dr.rodabthicc]

@@overdrive7349 not really the exact plot as the players rolls could easily change alot of things and some improvising would probably need to happen. It's would just be so beautiful to see how much more or less chaos could happen with good or bad rolls at the right/wrong times.

[@MegaKnight2012]

​@@dr.rodabthiccYears ago, some kids filmed themselves and edited clips from this movie to make it look like a bad D&D session. Sadly, it was taken down due to copyright strike. Good Heavens and by the platinum scales of Bahamut, I wish I could see it again.

[@Eris_Strife]

Blue m&m, chapstick, lip gloss, all funny. I lost it when you called him minty fresh crest!🤣

[@Jamazon]

Just in time for D&December

[@Jamazon]

***** It's still December

[@SoraQuil0]

+Jamazon Maybe ProJared'll review the film next year >:)

[@JCDenton2012Modder]

+Jamazon I see what you did there... hahaha... ;)

[@zayaannashrid1374]

*gasp* A ProJared fan? here? OMG!

[@un-inkpressivevideos9541]

yay pro Projared

[@droddfellow3926]

You critics, always criticizing. tisk tisk

[@JohnGoetzGaming]

Us commenters always commenting

[@yournamehere7329]

Just like you viewers. Always viewing things.

[@Ellthom]

One of Nostalgia Critics best reviews! So many funny moments.

[@MatthewTrecozzi]

The all Quacking Choir had me dying

[@CDexie]

+Matthew Trecozzi I'm -QUACK-on

[@whenthemusicsover6028]

+Ellthom Errrrrrr Derrrrrrrrr I'M NOT! XD

[@blondbabe16]

I agree. This episode is in my top 5. Drop Dead Fred Biodome D&D Batman &Robyn (A BAT CREDIT CARD) And I can't think of the name of it right now but it's the one with the kunfu kangaroo masters or something! XD

[@spideyfan1990]

missYuki Joly Warriors of Virtue

[@Guigley]

Of all the many reviews of his I've seen, this one remains my favorite.

[@andrewmcmorrow1952]

as a long time D&D player I think this entire movie would have ended perfectly on a shot of four kids at a table like the entire movie was just one big table top game.

[@GuardianGrarl]

*Let their blood raiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin from the skyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy !!* *I am turning into a human vibratoooooooor ya-tatatatatata !!* OMG the laughter is off the roof !!

[@KhanGarth]

its pretty bad when the dragons in How to Train Your Dragon look more realistic than one in a live action movie.

[@nvfury13]

Garth Palmer Well that's what they get for being a decade earlier and not springing for real dragons.

[@shino4242]

Bad comparison considering the difference in time between the movies. not to mention even if the cgi is meh, cgi looks better in an all cgi film because then at least the creatures and locations match the people so it blends better. better comparisons would be like how real the dinosaurs looked in Jpark compared to the dragons...feels like, with a few exceptions, everything that came after jurassic park looked like shit for a long time..and still sometimes do (its not perfect, but amazing how well those effects hold up imo)

[@shino4242]

Another better comparison would have been that, according to what critic said near the beginning, this movie came out a single year before lord of the rings. thats just...wow. i mean DnD at tis core was inspired HEAVILY by tolkein. lord of the rings could basically be called "dungeons and dragons: the movie" and it wouldn't be inaccurate. to learn these things coming out only 1 year apart is staggering

[@BigKumaDM]

the worst part is that this is almost exactly how the one shot campaigns that im in go almost every time. its like someone just wrote down everything that happened in a 12 hour game of d&d and just made that the script. if you are going for realism on an actual campaign then they got it right.

[@nvfury13]

philip patin Yeah, first time I watched it I wondered the entire time, "Was this just a tweaked Mystara campaign the author ran?"

[@Taylor_Wolfe115]

My friend suggested this to me solely based on Irons Acting and OMG worth it made me laugh so much!

[@TimeLordParadox]

When Richard O'briens character mentioned a maze I was expecting a joke about the Crystal Maze. But I guess it's a tad too obscure to an audience outside the UK. :p

[@Backinblackbunny009]

Should I be embarrassed that this was the first date movie I went to or does it seal my nerd cred? Either way, I suddenly feel old. I was 17 when I saw it in theaters and it will be 17 years this December. Enjoy your youth, kids!

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

beccabunny09 Did you continue dating?

[@MidNightSunRiseGamer]

This movie is definitely payback for killing Dr. Frank-N-Furter.

[@sarahgodin8998]

If you look at Dungeons and Dragons players as opposed to the characters, i see a LOT of similarities to the characters in this movie. You got the Over Acting Overlord who's super invested, the Cheeky Funny Guy that is honestly just there to have fun, The Girl That Feels She Has To Overcompensate Buy Being As Snobby As Possible, The One Who Really Doesn't Seem To Belong, And The Dwarf... who really just wants to be a stereo-typical sloppy angry little bearded man. Two thumbs up for accuracy! :D

[@MorticiaGravesyde]

2:27 -- Every time I see this scene, I can't help but to assume that Jeremy Irons modeled his performance on what he EXPECTED the post-production team to add to the visual effects...unfortunately for him, they only added a minor touch of static electricity.

[@brianbrush5107]

That actually makes a lot of sense

[@chuckporter9526]

Expectations: "BEHOLD MY UNGODLY POWER, YE MORTALS, AND DESPAIIIIR" Reality: "Iiii'm a stick! With a gem on my head! Yay!"

[@zzxp1]

3:10 when your custom character appears in a cutscene

[@newperve]

"because you demanded, the all quacking choir" nobody has every demanded, requested or otherwise inquired after that.

[@michaelanthonyjenkins805]

+Michael Price Speak for yourself.

[@Z7Games]

WE DEMAND MORE QUACKS!

[@Shimamon27]

Someone call Adam Jensen here!

[@phoenixking_6667]

Would you say that it wasn't re"choired"?😂

[@ArtistofChaos]

Honestly, I hadn't watched this movie until after I started playing D&D, and it reminded me of some of the goofy campaigns that my friends would come up with. It's a little more endearing if you think of it that way. It's just some teenager nerd's campaign, complete with every cliche that you can think of. It even becomes somewhat enjoyable at times like that.

[@MisterBoners]

The part that made me cry laughing is when the dwarf kept going "DEEEEEUUUGHHHH", and DAAARRKKKHEART kept going "Ahhh!"

[@andrewollmann304]

MisterBoners There was originally gonna be something where the dwarf flew into a berserker rage when his helmet was knocked off....hence the clucking.

[@oranblack]

As awful as this film is, that soundtrack is brilliant. If only it was easier to find...

[@Alkaahest]

This is honestly my favorite Classic Nostalgia Critic review. You can tell Doug is having fun with it, and it makes it all the more delightful to see.

[@GriffinPilgrim]

Here's a reason to worry for the state of the creative industry; this film has two sequels.

[@danielyoung6402]

We've got to have money

[@GriffinPilgrim]

daniel young Too true but given that this film flopped it's still a little strange. The really odd part is both are rather better films.

[@Philbert-s2c]

+GriffinPilgrim Both of which (as bad as they were) were better than this piece o' crap.

[@GriffinPilgrim]

Shadowman4710 Damn right. They also were base on D&D, which I consider to be a small bonus in a D&D movie...

[@LetsTakeWalk]

There were sequels?

[@ShiningSpear]

"Joan of LARP" ded

[@soberossack6610]

This is one of my favorite reviews! I watched it more than 10 times I think!

[@bohdan_lvov]

You watched every video on the KZbin, didn't you?

[@hungarianbeast]

back than Doug was top of his game, after the return however I couldn't bare him.

[@danielshimoda9246]

Sober Сossack goddamn...

[@flibbernodgets7018]

For a movie based on a tabletop roleplaying game, this is remarkably like the plot of one of the sessions. Granted, those are usually made by one guy in his off time....

[@edslushie570]

“Baldy” looks like he’s been wearing “Ichiban: Lipstick For Men.”

[@ellnats]

IKR!!!!

[@prismaticcrow]

That under-acting vs. over-acting is so wonderful. Ugh.

[@Lungkisser]

There's an alternate ending where he says the sad stuff at Snails' grave then just walks away... which makes more sense if you want this movie to make some sense. I like the stupid ending myself. lol.

[@Tsumefan2]

that ending sounds alot better than disappearing in red beams of light

[@nvfury13]

Tsumefan2 Well, it was obvious they were doing a Plane Shift to go get his soul...

[@jonetgames]

@@nvfury13 It was not obvious.

[@TED_Frames]

Tsumefan2 I think it was a cliffhanger to a sequel where they go and bring back Snails.

[@freneticgamer4174]

@@jonetgames It is if you know D&D that when his name disappears and with what the elf says that he was being resurrected and they were shifting to go get him.

[@tenor24sprayse]

I AM... OVER... THE... TOP!!!... YATTATATAATATA!!!

[@rosehearttoxic1691]

Liking this because of your profile pic matching perfectly

[@smashingpots9928]

Oh come on NC, the Tom Baker scene was the best. The imagery: you use magic but we elves are a part of it. That scene and actor shoule have been in a better movie.

[@A-Microwave]

As Gary from Final Space would say to Snail's death "It's so beautiful"

[@bloodymagpie4189]

4:07 that dragon went out like the rancor in return of the Jedi. turns out doors are the ultimate monster killing weapon. .

[@pendraco2000]

Doors.. with spikes. ;)

[@jacksongibbs8998]

HOLD THE DOOR!!!!! HOLD THE DOOR!!!!! HOLD THE DOOR!!!!! HOLD THE DOOR!!!!!

[@voidjockey82]

Enviornmental kill. On one hand the DM is happy the players are being clever, creative and willing to think outside the box... but for the most part it's just that one guy (or gal) where you know his "Can I roll for Perception?" is followed by "Would that work?".

[@woodrot110]

It seemed like an okay story to be played in Dungeons and Dragons.

[@nvfury13]

Woodrot110 Eranoth Dragon magazine certainly thought so (I agreed), as they ran several articles laying the stuff from this movie out into third edition rules.

[@epsil0gue246]

I'm probably the ONLY one in the comments who thought this but, doesn't the scepter the main villain was holding look like a Keyblade? I've been playing waaaay too much KH2 in order to have that idea.

[@klimmr]

Who's here because of D&D: Honor Among Thieves?

[@tanyanicole5869]

I went to the MAC counter and asked for the blue lipstick shown on screen. Apparently it's Coral Blue #5

[@Mislead721]

So... Did they just kill themselves at the end?

[@libbywilliams9969]

I hope so

[@nvfury13]

William Higton Nope, Plane Shift.

[@00WhiteBlade]

5:59 bwahahaha! 6:45 HAHAHAAA!! 10:06 oh shit, i just laughed my liver out.

[@darkzombiproductions7756]

Same

[@sarahmcmann5253]

My favorite part is at 10:36-10:58

[@BingChilling1111]

Oh Riff-Raff, where is your time warp when you need it

[@idnyftw]

dude forgot to memorize the Time Warp spell

[@BingChilling1111]

+Jim Tiberius Its just a jump to the left, and then a step to the right, put your hands on your hips and bring your knees in tight, oh and it's the pelvic thrust that really drives you insane, let's do the time warp again!

[@Purutheseal]

+not typical brit I guess he got lost after trying to beam back to Transylvania.

[@BingChilling1111]

+TheHydroHammers conspiracy

[@Ezio999Auditore]

+Jim Tiberius no he memorized but forgot to click the rest button

[@jrmeado]

21:17 is my favorite critic moment of all time! Always makes cry XD

[@jake06750]

At least Jeremy Iron's overacting is silly enough to be enjoyable and fun to watch even if the movie is shit.

[@jacobmarley5103]

I feel like this would be a much better movie if the people who made it actually played D&D.

[@AlluMan96]

Or better yet, just record a D&D game between Hollywood bigshots. Screenplay writer's the DM, Director's the co-DM and then you just gather a "cast" to play the game, maybe cutting in and out between dramatized enactments of what's going on in the game's world. With some amazing improv talent on-board, that could be something worth watching, at least for a direct-to-video project.

[@willmakesfilms]

+AlluMan96 you can find that all over nowadays

[@nvfury13]

jacob marley They did, they even held game sessions between filming. Honestly, was I the only one collecting and reading Dragon magazine when this came out?

[@nightwing4077]

I love the Doctor Who gag at 20:23! LOL!

[@mrdoctorgilmore]

Man hyperspace always looks so freaky

[@alexd442]

nightwing4077 he did another one in manhunter vs red dragon

[@drazarkabalblade9486]

To be fair... I think that the overactive is WANTED in this film XD it's so spread out that it's impossible that was entirely accidental. D&D it's not meant to be taken seriously after all... and I think that this film follows that line, the so called "rule number 0: you are here for the fun". And this movie IS fun, cheesy and all.. just like a game of D&D with friends, one of the less serious anyway. It's good to just decide to f*** around once in a while, after all. Not every fantasy needs to be Lotr after all. Plus, EVERY actor is a cliché of the pg and npg of the game XP Since, again, this is taken as a D&D game made film, the personality are made in the same way.

[@TheSaberWolfDuchess]

+Drazar Kabalblade I made that point a little earlier. Yeah, I think the overacting is hilarious. XD

[@drazarkabalblade9486]

Sorry, didn't see it XP my bad XD

[@darastrixmaekrix]

Basically, yeah. These guys are acting about as well as most DMs can. XD

[@KnufWons]

What does the G stand for? Gamer?

[@jourdencharles7094]

This is exactly why i do not agree with Critic about this movie. The movies was basically made by D&D nerds FOR D&D nerds. Of course it's weird and looks bad. If he ever sat through a honest to god campaign he would see WHY the movie is this way. It just like a D&D campaign and I have been playing D&D for over 18-19 years years. Sometimes your players will derail a story, sometimes the DM has to make shit up on the fly. Sometimes shit just goes nuts because of magic, because magic is fucking nuts in the D&D world (AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON MAGIC OF THE FAE. JESUS @_@).

[@Wander1508]

Jeremy irons is fucking hilarious in this. He's a god of overacting

[@jonetgames]

I love Jeremy Irons here omg like I'm literally in love with his characters.

[@lunayoshi]

20:23 A wild TOM BAKER appears! I totally lost it at "I'm healing you." XD XD

[@Tazzie1312]

I'm just sitting here looking at Blue Lips' death/torture/whatever this is scene and thinking "blend the foundation down the neck and into the ears! line of demarkation people!"

[@Tazzie1312]

Oh my god it's getting worse the more I watch. Everyone has a face makeup line where it just stops at the jaw and their ears/neck and normal.

[@ranger1153]

The NC should really review The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

[@lulucool45]

+Bruce Cseh It's just awesome ,what would he say about it?

[@thefreakmachine]

He can't. Becuase, you know, that's a good movie. So no point in reviewing it ;)

[@behemothnemoth]

That Monty Python and the Holy Grail reference was perfect

[@GBmovieluv]

I agree

[@thestrangepagan241]

Please tell me in the only one that can't watch Jeremy ions without seeing scar in your head? Please tell me I'm not that only one that keeps mentally braking out into be prepared whenever they hear his voice.

[@pkmn1260]

Also, gotta love teh Doctor who reference.

[@alexd442]

William B he did another one in manhunter vs red dragon

[@Alenthas]

I was such a D&D nerd when I was 13 or such. I caught just the end of this movie years back on TV. I would've been the happiest little shit if I watched the entire movie then.

[@Groundpenguin]

This plot must have been written by a rookie DM

[@Nightraven26]

Groundpenguin I'm pretty sure a rookie DM can write a better plot if he's creative enough

[@charleskimball7058]

Considering this was written and directed by Courtney Solomon in his directional debut, that statement is pretty close to the truth

[@nelandquinten]

23:07 "Joan of LARP." I legitimately spat out my drink when I heard that

[@bodenlosedosenhose1590]

4:13 I love NC's subtle humour here, impersonating Sean Connery.

[@jacksongibbs8998]

RIP Sean Connery

[@1945Ace1]

Profion has to be my favorite character in this review.

[@pkmn1260]

Funny thing is.......in D&D anyone CAN be a mage, it is being a sorcerer that is based on bloodline/random chance (yes, for those not in the know, there IS a difference). Heck, the closest thing that i can think of similar to this is Thay in the forgorren realms setting, and the mages that rule there have little to do with that they are mages and more to do with the fact they are immoral, evil, jerks willing to do anything to keep their power. They even have a school anyone who shows prowess and a lack of morals can go to to learn magic, including necromancy. made even funnier...when a lot of teh crazy stuff like the earwax rape and magic mirrors and quicksand rug......are perfectly normal for D&D.....

[@AmityvilleFan]

+William B (PKMN12) But can you be an african-american forest-elf? How 'bout a white dark elf?

[@pkmn1260]

***** the african american-elf, yeah, nothing stopping you. White dark elf? albino.

[@AmityvilleFan]

William B lol

[@KenRulesLife]

+William B (PKMN12) Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerd!

[@pkmn1260]

KenRulesLife and proud of it :)

[@user-xp8nv7qf2e]

Why do I feel like this movie missed everything that makes Dungeons and Dragons awesome? Like seriously, aesthetic, story style, world depth, story depth, characters, everything! (And yes I know a D&D campaign can be different for every group, but I'm just going off the core rule books here!)

[@nvfury13]

Yeah, why would a two hour movie have less development than a campaign stretching over dozens if not hundreds of hours? Besides, ancient empire ruled by mages, hints of the far flung past wars with dragon armies, elves a separatist race, dwarves....well pretty default, showing that thieves are a major underground complex society, conspiracy and alliances with monsters. I mean there was barely anything to this setting!

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

0:32 the score for this film kicks ass though.

[@korriganchief6818]

From a D&D player: you should check out the 2nd film, it's more accurate than the 1st.

[@arifakyuz7673]

"I'm healing you" Must....resist....FANGASM.....

[@AngloSaxophone]

The guy in your thumb nail (bald guy/Richard O'Brien) is the presenter of an old 90's game show in the UK called Crystal Maze.

[@CasaiAgicap]

9:04 Uh oh guys. Your dwarf alarm is going off.

[@Yoyobionicle]

I remember watching this movie in theaters! Oh man, this review had me laughing-! This was beautiful. Thank you for letting me experience this movie one more time, but with more entertainment value than ever. I just have to pat you on the back for sprinkling so much wit into making fun of this movie. ("THERE'S ONLY ROOM FOR ONE OVERACTING BALD GUY IN THIS MOVIE.")

[@loneronin6813]

Ok, the whole blue lip thing has gone unaddressed for far too long so I finally looked it up. Apparently Damadar (Bruce Payne's character) has blue lips because they are a side-effect of addiction to a drug called Sannish. I don't know if it was ever mentioned in the actual movie in full since I only saw this film once as a kid, but there you have it.

[@MisterX867]

The movie doesn't mention it at all, thanks for the info!

[@loneronin6813]

@@MisterX867 Sure thing! :D